ITTF Challenge Series

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ITTF Challenge Series
Sport Table tennis
Founded2013
Ceased2020
Replaced by World Table Tennis Feeder Series
Owner(s) International Table Tennis Federation
Related
competitions		 ITTF World Tour
Official website ittfchallengeseries.com

The ITTF Challenge Series was an annual series of table tennis tournaments organised by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). Initially created in 2013 as the third tier of the ITTF World Tour (below the Super Series and Major Series), the Challenge Series became a separate tour in 2017. It was the ITTF's secondary tour, below the World Tour. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Starting from 2019, the series had two tiers: ITTF Challenge Plus and ITTF Challenge. [4] [5] Canada, Nigeria, North Korea, Oman, Paraguay, and Portugal were announced as host for the Challenge Plus tournaments for the 2019 season. [6]

Since 2021, the ITTF Challenge Series has been effectively replaced by the newly created World Table Tennis Feeder Series.

Tournaments

The following tournaments have featured as part of the ITTF Challenge Series since it separated from the ITTF World Tour in 2017. [7]

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 Total
Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus Open•••3
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Open••2
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Open•1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Open•1
Flag of Chile.svg Chile Open•1
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Open•••3
Flag of North Korea.svg DPR Korea Open•••3
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Open•1
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexican Open•1
Flag of Morocco.svg Moroccan Open•1
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigerian Open •••3
Flag of Oman.svg Oman Open•1
Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguayan Open•1
Flag of Poland.svg Polish Open•••3
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal Open•1
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbian Open•1
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia Open•••3
Flag of Spain.svg Spanish Open•••3
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Open•••3
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkish Open•1
● ITTF Challenge Plus

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The ITTF World Tour 2013 was expanded to include the Americas". All About Table Tennis. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "A motivating force, the Challenge tournaments". ITTF. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "ITTF Opens up Bidding for Revamped 2017 ITTF World Tour". ETTU. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "2019 ITTF CHALLENGE Additional Changes for 2019" (PDF). ITTF Challenge Series. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "ITTF open bidding process for 2019 Challenge Series". Inside The Games. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "ITTF Announces Record Number of Challenge Series Events for 2019". ITTF. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "ITTF Challenge Series". ITTF. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
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